Where: Western Desert, Egypt (31.0° N, 27.8° E: paleocoordinates 9.7° N, 24.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Alam El-Beuib Member (Burg El-Arab Formation), Hauterivian (132.9 - 129.4 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, argillaceous, muddy mudstone and lithified, argillaceous, silty shale
Size class: microfossils
Preservation: soft parts, original sporopollenin
Primary reference: M. S. Mahmoud and A.-R. M. Moawad. 2000. Jurassic-Cretaceous (Bathonian to Cenomanian) palynology and stratigraphy of the West Tiba-1 borehole, northern Western Desert, Egypt. Journal of African Earth Sciences 30:401-416 [C. Jaramillo/G. Doria/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 139324: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Gabriela Doria on 11.02.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Equisetopsida | |
Araucariacites sp. Cookson and Couper 1953
Araucariacites australis Cookson 1947 | |
Inaperturopollenites spp. PotoniƩ 1966 | |
Classopollis sp. Pflug 1953
Classopollis torosus Burger 1965 | |
Pilosisporites | |
Pilosisporites sp. Delcourt and Sprumont 1955 | |
Concavisporites | |
Concavisporites sp. Delcourt and Sprumont 1955 | |
Pteridopsida | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Crybelosporites sp. Dettmann 1963 | |
Gleicheniidites spp. Dettmann 1963 | |
Leptolepidites sp. Couper 1953 | |
Biretisporites sp. Delcourt et al. 1963
Biretisporites potoniaei Delcourt and Sprumont 1955 | |
Cycadopites | |
Cycadopites spp. Wodehouse 1933 | |
Ginkgoopsida | |
Ephedripites spp. Bolkhovitina and PotoniƩ 1958 | |
Callialasporites sp. Sukh-Dev 1961 podocarp
Callialasporites dampieri Balme 1957 podocarp |